WO2014020419A1 - Agrégation de transferts de données par un nœud relais dans un système de télécommunication sans fil - Google Patents

Agrégation de transferts de données par un nœud relais dans un système de télécommunication sans fil Download PDF

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WO2014020419A1
WO2014020419A1 PCT/IB2013/001695 IB2013001695W WO2014020419A1 WO 2014020419 A1 WO2014020419 A1 WO 2014020419A1 IB 2013001695 W IB2013001695 W IB 2013001695W WO 2014020419 A1 WO2014020419 A1 WO 2014020419A1
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  • the technology of the present disclosure relates generally to portable electronic devices and transmission equipment operable in a wireless communication network, and more particularly to systems and methods for relay node aggregation of data transfers in a wireless telecommunication network.
  • terminals also known as mobile stations and/or user equipment (UE) communicate via a radio access network (RAN) to one or more core networks.
  • the RAN covers a geographical area which is divided into cell areas, with each cell area being served by a base station, e.g., a radio base station (RBS), which in some networks may also be called, for example, NodeB in UMTS or eNodeB in LTE.
  • a cell is a geographical area where radio coverage is provided by the radio base station equipment at a base station site. Each cell is identified by an identity within the local radio area, which is broadcast in the cell.
  • the base stations communicate over the air interface operating on radio frequencies with the terminals within range of the base stations.
  • a controller node such as a radio network controller (RNC) or a base station controller (BSC) which supervises and coordinates various activities of the base stations connected thereto.
  • RNC radio network controller
  • BSC base station controller
  • the controller nodes are typically connected to one or more core networks.
  • the Universal Mobile Telecommunications System is a wireless telecommunication system that evolved from the Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM).
  • GSM Global System for Mobile Communications
  • the RAN is referred to as a Universal Terrestrial Radio Access Network (UTRAN).
  • UTRAN is a RAN that uses, among other radio access technologies (RAT), wideband code division multiple access (WCDMA) for communication between the mobile station and the terminal.
  • RAT radio access technologies
  • WCDMA wideband code division multiple access
  • Base stations in UMTS are known as NodeB, which connect to a radio network controller (RCN) which supervises and coordinates various activities of the NodeB connected thereto.
  • RCN radio network controller
  • LTE Long Term Evolution
  • E-UTRAN evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access Network
  • E-UTRAN is a RAN that uses a RAT also known as LTE for communication between the mobile station and the terminal.
  • LTE the base stations, known as eNodeB, are connected directly to the core network rather than to an RNC.
  • the functions of the RNC are distributed between the eNodeB in the network.
  • a wireless communication system may employ a relay node (RN) (standardized for LTE in 3GPP release 10) to expand coverage and/or improve throughput, quality, etc.
  • the basic functionality of the relay node is to wirelessly forward signals to/from a base station from/to a terminal.
  • a relay node may perform the same or similar functions as a base station except that a relay node typically does not connect to the core network with a cable or microwave link and instead uses a nearby base station, also known as the donor base station, to connect to the core network.
  • a nearby base station also known as the donor base station
  • the total traffic load for a certain base station mostly depends on two parameters: 1 ) the total number of connection attempts per time unit, and 2) the total number of bytes requested to transfer per time unit.
  • 1 the total number of connection attempts per time unit
  • 2 the total number of bytes requested to transfer per time unit.
  • MTC machine type communication
  • wireless telecommunication systems are typically coverage limited in the so-called uplink direction (i.e., when the terminal is transmitting and the base station is receiving) because of the typical large difference in maximum output power between a terminal and base station.
  • Systems are also capacity limited, mainly in downlink direction (i.e., when the base station is transmitting and the terminal is receiving), because of all capacity available (e.g., in terms of bandwidth, transmission time, output power etc.) in downlink transmissions is shared among all active terminals.
  • the concept of the systems and methods disclosed herein include the capability for a relay node to wirelessly, without its own backhaul core network connection, act as a coverage extension to the wireless telecommunication system.
  • the concept allows the relay node to aggregate and buffer services utilized by one or more terminals.
  • the services might be real time or non-real-time.
  • the relay node could therefore work as a service aggregator, adding together a number of different data access requests from one or more terminals coming into the relay node at approximately the same time.
  • the relay node acts in the macro network, in effect, as a single terminal, which contributes to significantly reduced control signaling at the base station.
  • a wireless telecommunication system incorporating the systems and methods disclosed herein would have a significantly reduced signaling load in the network.
  • the systems and methods can be implemented not only for so-called machine- type communications as defined by 3GPP, but also for any type of non-real-time communication.
  • the systems and methods can be implemented for real-time communications.
  • systems and methods disclosed herein can handle a mix of real time and non-real-time traffic.
  • a terminal in a system for aggregating data transfers in a wireless telecommunications network includes a transmitter configured to transmit an uplink signal including uplink data, and an indication regarding whether the uplink signal corresponds to a real-time transmission.
  • the terminal further includes a receiver configured to receive a downlink signal corresponding to the uplink signal.
  • the indication is configured for a relay node to determine based on the indication whether the uplink data is to be included in an aggregate uplink signal to be transmitted to a base station, the aggregate uplink signal including the uplink data and additional uplink data obtained from additional uplink signals transmitted by devices other than the terminal.
  • the indication is further configured for the relay node to determine based on the indication whether the uplink signal is to be transmitted to the base station.
  • the indication indicates whether the terminal is a machine-type communication device.
  • the uplink signal includes the indication.
  • the indication is included in an indication signal separate from the uplink signal and transmitted by the terminal via a physical channel selected from the group consisting of Physical Random Access Channel (PRACH), Physical Uplink Shared Channel (PUSCH), and Physical Uplink Control Channel (PUCCH).
  • PRACH Physical Random Access Channel
  • PUSCH Physical Uplink Shared Channel
  • PUCCH Physical Uplink Control Channel
  • the downlink signal includes downlink data obtained from an aggregated downlink signal received by the relay node from the base station.
  • a relay node for aggregating data transfers in a wireless telecommunications network includes a receiver configured to receive uplink signals from multiple terminals, each uplink signal including respective uplink data, a decoder operatively connected to the receiver and configured to decode the uplink signals to obtain the uplink data, a machine-readable storage medium operatively connected to the decoder and configured to store the uplink data, an encoder operatively connected to the machine-readable medium and configured to encode an aggregate uplink signal including the uplink data obtained from the uplink signals, and a transmitter configured to transmit an uplink transmission of the aggregate uplink signal to the base station.
  • the receiver or a second receiver in the relay node is configured to receive from the multiple terminals indications regarding whether respective uplink signals correspond to real-time transmissions.
  • the indications indicate whether a terminal to which a respective indication corresponds is a machine- type communication device.
  • the relay node includes an aggregation logic configured to, based on the indications regarding whether the respective uplink signals correspond to real-time transmissions, determine whether the respective uplink data is to be included in the aggregate uplink signal to be transmitted to the base station, or whether the respective uplink signals are to be transmitted to the base station.
  • the aggregation logic is configured to instruct the transmitter to transmit the respective uplink signal to the base station.
  • the aggregation logic is configured to instruct the encoder to encode the aggregate uplink signal including the uplink data obtained from the respective uplink signal.
  • the receiver or another receiver in the relay node is configured to an aggregate downlink signal from the base station, the aggregate downlink signal including downlink data corresponding to respective ones of the uplink signals, the decoder or another decoder in the relay node is configured to decode the aggregate downlink signal to obtain the downlink data, the machine- readable storage medium or another machine-readable storage medium in the relay node is configured to store the downlink data, the encoder or another encoder in the relay node is configured to encode multiple downlink signals, the multiple downlink signals each including respective downlink data corresponding to portions of the downlink data decoded from the aggregate downlink signal and corresponding to respective ones of the uplink signals; and the transmitter or another transmitter in the relay node is configured to transmit the multiple downlink signals to the multiple terminals.
  • a method for the aggregation of data transfers in a wireless telecommunications network includes receiving uplink transmissions of uplink signals from multiple terminals, each uplink signal including respective uplink data, decoding the uplink signals to obtain respective uplink data and storing the uplink data, encoding an aggregate uplink signal including the uplink data obtained from the uplink signals, and transmitting the aggregate uplink signal to the base station.
  • the method includes receiving from the multiple terminals indications regarding whether respective uplink signals correspond to real-time transmissions, and, based on the indications regarding whether the respective uplink signals correspond to real-time transmissions, determine whether the respective uplink data is to be included in the aggregate uplink signal to be transmitted to the base station, or whether the respective uplink signals are to be transmitted to the base station.
  • the indications indicates whether a respective terminal is a machine-type communication device.
  • the method includes transmitting the respective uplink signal to the base station without including uplink data
  • the transmitting the aggregate uplink signal to the base station includes transmitting the aggregate uplink signal including data corresponding to the respective uplink signal in the aggregate uplink signal.
  • the method includes receiving an aggregate downlink signal from the base station, the aggregate downlink signal including downlink data including data corresponding to respective ones of the uplink signals, decoding the aggregate downlink signal to obtain the downlink data and storing the downlink data, encoding multiple downlink signals, the multiple downlink signals each including respective downlink data corresponding to portions of the downlink data decoded from the aggregate downlink signal and corresponding to respective ones of the uplink signals, and transmitting the multiple downlink signals to the multiple terminals.
  • FIG. 1 illustrates a portion of a radio access network (RAN).
  • RAN radio access network
  • Figure 2 illustrates a diagram illustrating the aggregation of uplink signals at a relay node.
  • Figure 3 illustrates a schematic diagram of the RAN 12 including an exemplary block diagram of a relay node for aggregating data transfers from terminals to base stations in a wireless telecommunications network.
  • Figure 4 illustrates a logical flow of a method for a relay node to aggregate data transfers in a wireless telecommunications network.
  • Figure 5 illustrates a logical flow of a method for a relay node to aggregate data transfers in a wireless telecommunications network.
  • Figure 6 illustrates a logical flow of a method for aggregation of data transfers in a wireless telecommunications network.
  • Figure 7 illustrates a detailed block diagram of an exemplary terminal.
  • the present disclosure provides systems and methods that provide relay nodes with the capability of acting as an extension of base stations in the wireless telecommunication system.
  • Figure 1 illustrates a portion of a wireless telecommunications network 10.
  • the network 10 includes a radio access network (RAN) 12.
  • Figure 1 illustrates the RAN 12 as an Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access Network (EUTRAN), the RAN associated with LTE, as an example.
  • EUTRAN Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access Network
  • the RAN 12 may also be any RAN other than EUTRAN including RAN that are currently deployed as well as RAN that are currently in development or that will be developed in the future.
  • the network 10 includes a core network 19, which includes the parts of the telecommunications network 10 that provide the various services to customers who are connected by the RAN 12.
  • the RAN 12 includes terminals 14a-b.
  • the terminals 14a-b are what in LTE is referred to as user equipment (UE).
  • UE user equipment
  • the terminals may be referred to by terms other than terminals, mobile stations, or user equipment.
  • terminals as employed herein is intended to include those terminals in wireless telecommunications networks such as UMTS and LTE as well as networks other than UMTS and LTE, and terminals in yet to be developed or deployed networks where the terminals have similar functionality as the terminals described herein in the context of LTE.
  • the RAN 12 further includes a base station 16.
  • the base station 16 is known as eNodeB (evolved NodeB or eNB).
  • eNodeB evolved NodeB
  • the base stations may be referred to by terms other than base stations, NodeB, or eNodeB.
  • the term base station as employed herein is intended to include those base stations in wireless telecommunications networks such as UMTS and LTE as well as networks other than UMTS and LTE, and base stations in yet to be developed or deployed networks where the base stations have similar functionality as the base stations described herein in the context of LTE.
  • the RAN 12 also includes relay node 18.
  • the base station 16 communicates with the relay node 18, and the relay node 18, in turn, communicates with the terminals 14a-b using radio access technologies (RAT) via an air interface.
  • RAT radio access technologies
  • LTE the RAT is known as LTE and the air interface is known as LTE-Uu.
  • the terminals 14a-b are currently connected to the relay node 18.
  • a relay node as disclosed herein includes various entities defined in the 3GPP specification including relays, repeaters, base stations and access points along with femto or home base stations and other yet-to-be-defined entities that are not directly coupled to the core network 19, but instead communicate with the core network 19 via at least one other base station, such as the relay node 18 which is connected to the core network 19 via the base station 16.
  • the relay node 18 node has its own network ID, its own pilot signals, and so on.
  • RAN 12 has been described as discreetly LTE, in practice, base stations may be multi radio units, capable of transmitting in several different RAT. Moreover, different cells in the same base station may often use more than one frequency band. Due to the reuse of infrastructure at the cellular sites, as well as backhaul capabilities, a single base station may be using more than one RAT and may be transmitting at more than one carrier frequency.
  • the terminals 14a-b are illustrated as each connected to a relay node 18 and each relay node 18 connected to the base station 16, in practice some terminals that perhaps are in closer proximity to the base station 16 may connect directly to the base station 16 and not connect to a relay node.
  • the terminals 14a-b transmit uplink signals including data.
  • the terminals 14a-b transmit request signals requesting data from the base station 16.
  • the uplink signals transmitted by the terminals 14a-b would be received by base stations such as the base station 16.
  • the relay node 18 receives the uplink signals from the terminals 14a-b.
  • Each of the terminals 14a-b transmits at least one uplink signal and therefore the relay node 18 receives multiple uplink signals. If the multiple uplink signals received from the same or other terminals are received within a short period of time, the multiple uplink signals may be aggregated into a combined or aggregate uplink signal for transmission to the base station 16.
  • the relay node 18 Upon receiving the multiple uplink signals from the multiple terminals 14a-b, the relay node 18 decodes the uplink signals to obtain the uplink data included in the uplink signals. The relay node 18 then encodes an aggregate uplink signal including the uplink data that was included in the uplink signals from the terminals 14a-b. The relay node 18 transmits the aggregate uplink signal.
  • the base station 16 receives the aggregate uplink signal from the relay node 18.
  • the relay node 18 acts, from the point of view of the base station 16, as a single terminal, which contributes to significantly less control signaling at the base station 16.
  • the relay node 18 receives from the base station 16 an aggregate downlink signal that includes downlink data including data corresponding to respective ones of the uplink signals, and decodes the aggregate uplink signal to obtain the downlink data.
  • the relay node 18 encodes multiple downlink signals, each for transmission to a corresponding terminal 14a or 14b.
  • the downlink signals each includes a portion of the downlink data that corresponds to a respective uplink signal transmitted by the corresponding terminal 14a or 14b.
  • the relay node 18 transmits each of the downlink signals to the corresponding terminals 14a or 14b.
  • the base station 16 when the base station 16 responds to the aggregate uplink signal, the base station 16 responds as if responding to a single terminal and therefore the corresponding signaling and connection establishment overhead will be significantly smaller than it would otherwise be if the base station 16 was to transmit individual responses to each individual terminal. Therefore, the use of the relay node 18 reduces the total signaling load in the RAN 12.
  • the total number of connected terminals can be increased without the same proportion of additional control signal traffic generated in the network, and thereby saving operator network capacity.
  • the built-in security functionalities such as authentication and authorization defined for relay nodes in 3GPP securing may be utilized to enhance security and impede not authorized third parties from gaining access to data decoded in the relay node.
  • FIG. 2 illustrates the aggregation of uplink signals at the relay node 18.
  • a first terminal, Terminal A transmits an uplink signal A and a second terminal, Terminal B, transmits a second uplink signal B.
  • Each of the uplink signals A and B includes a header and a frame check sequence (FCS). If the uplink signals A and B were individually transmitted to the base station 16, the base station 16 would have to manage two uplink signals including the overhead associated with the two headers and two FCS. Instead, the relay node 18 aggregates the uplink data in each of the uplink signals A and B. The resulting aggregate uplink signal includes a single header and a single FCS. The base station 16, when receiving the aggregate uplink signal would have to manage a single uplink signal including reduced overhead associated with a single header and a single FCS.
  • FCS frame check sequence
  • Figure 3 illustrates a schematic diagram of the RAN 12 including an exemplary block diagram of the relay node 18 for aggregating data transfers from terminals to base stations in a wireless telecommunications network.
  • the relay node 18 includes a receiver 181 that receives uplink transmissions from the terminals 14a-b.
  • the receiver 181 is illustrated in Figure 3 as a discrete receiver. However, the receiver 181 may be implemented discretely as shown or as part of a transceiver.
  • the relay node 18 may also include multiple receivers.
  • the uplink signals that the receiver 181 receives from the terminals 14a-b include uplink data.
  • the relay node 18 includes a decoder 182 that decodes the uplink signals to obtain the uplink data and a machine-readable storage medium 183 where the decoded uplink data is stored.
  • the relay node 18 further includes an encoder 184 that encodes an aggregate uplink signal that includes the uplink data obtained from the uplink signals from the individual terminals 14a-b.
  • the relay node 18 also includes a transmitter 185 that transmits the aggregate uplink signal to the base station 16.
  • the transmitter 185 is illustrated in Figure 3 as a discrete transmitter. However, the transmitter 185 may be implemented discretely as shown or as part of a transceiver.
  • the relay node 18 may also include multiple transmitters.
  • the receiver 181 receives from the terminals 14a-b indications regarding whether respective uplink signals correspond to real-time transmissions. For example, terminal 14a transmits an uplink signal corresponding to a telephone call. In addition, the terminal 14a transmits an indication indicating that the uplink signal corresponding to the telephone call is a real-time transmission. In another example, the terminal 14a transmits an uplink signal corresponding to an email. In addition, the terminal 14a transmits an indication indicating that the uplink signal corresponding to the email is not a real-time transmission.
  • the telephone call is classified as a real-time transmission because delays in transmission of uplink signals associated with the telephone call may affect quality of service (QoS).
  • QoS quality of service
  • the email may be classified as a non-real-time transmission because, unlike the telephone call, some delay in the transmission of the uplink signals associated with the email will not tangibly affect QoS.
  • Other examples of non-real-time transmission include background activity in the terminal 14a or 14b (e.g., firmware update, maintenance, etc.)
  • the indication is an indication bit set in relation to the uplink signal.
  • a terminal such as terminals 14a or 14b, transmits the indication regarding whether a respective uplink signal correspond to a real-time transmissions as part of the uplink signal.
  • the terminal transmits the indication as a discrete indication signal separate from the uplink signal.
  • the terminal transmits the indication signal using a channel between the terminal, 14a or 14b, and the relay node 18. For example, any one of the physical, transport or logical channels as specified in the 3GPP specification may be used.
  • the terminal transmits the indication signal using a channel between the terminal, 14a or 14b, and the relay node 18 that is a physical, transport or logical channel not currently specified in the 3GPP specification.
  • the indication is an indication bit set in relation to the terminal.
  • the indication regarding whether a corresponding uplink signal corresponds to a real-time transmission takes the form of a signal that indicates whether the corresponding terminal, 14a or 14b (the terminal transmitting the corresponding uplink signal), is a machine-type communication (MTC) device.
  • MTC is a type of data communication that includes one or more entities that do not require human interactions.
  • MTC refers to communications used by a machine device instead of a terminal used by a human user.
  • the machine device used in the MTC is called an MTC device. Examples of MTC devices include vending machines, vehicle performance tracking devices such as Progressive Insurance's Snapshot, etc.
  • the MTC device has features different from that of a typical terminal used by a human user. Therefore, a service optimized for the MTC device may differ from a service optimized for human-to-human communication. In particular, a service optimized for human-to-human communication, and in particular speech
  • communication may be characterized as real-time communication because the connection between the human users requires continues or apparently continuous communication to make the interaction between the human users utilizing the terminals satisfactory.
  • QoS quality of service
  • MTC is often characterized by short, sporadic communications that are non-real-time in nature.
  • the relay node 18 includes an aggregation logic 186 that makes decisions ' regarding how to handle the uplink signal from the terminal 14a or 14b based on the corresponding indication regarding whether the respective uplink signal corresponds to a real-time transmission. For example, based on the indication, the aggregation logic 186 may determine that the uplink signal is to be decoded and that the respective uplink data is to be included in the aggregate uplink signal to be transmitted to the base station 16. On the other hand, based on the indication, the aggregation logic 186 may determine that the respective uplink signal is to be directly transmitted to the base station 16 without delay (e.g., without being decoded).
  • the aggregation logic controls the receiver 181 , decoder 182, storage medium 183, encoder 184, and transmitter 185. Therefore, where the indication regarding whether the respective uplink signal corresponds to a real-time transmission indicates that a respective uplink signal is a real-time transmission the aggregation logic 186 in conjunction with the relay node controller 188 instructs the transmitter 185 to transmit the uplink signal to the base station.
  • the aggregation logic 186 in conjunction with the relay node controller 188 instructs the decoder 182 to decode the uplink signal, the encoder 184 to encode the aggregate uplink signal including the uplink data obtained from the uplink signal, and the transmitter 185 to transmit the aggregate uplink signal that includes the uplink data obtained from the uplink signal.
  • the relay node 18 does not receive an indication regarding whether the respective uplink signal corresponds to a real-time transmission and the aggregation logic 186 makes decisions regarding how to handle the uplink signal based on data other than any corresponding indication regarding whether the respective uplink signal corresponds to a real-time transmission.
  • the aggregation logic 186 makes no decisions regarding how to handle the uplink signals, but instead aggregates uplink data from every uplink signal received from the terminals 14a-b into aggregate uplink signals regardless of whether the respective uplink signal corresponds to a real-time transmission. For example, for voice services such as a telephone call there are fairly stringent maximum delay requirements. However, by aggregating a small number of uplink signals (e.g., every 2 voice frames), significant reduction (i.e., 50 %) in signaling overhead can be obtained while minimally degrading voice quality.
  • the relay node 18 receives the indication regarding whether the respective uplink signal corresponds to a real-time transmission and the aggregation logic 186 makes decisions regarding how to handle the uplink signal based on the indication.
  • the aggregation logic 186 utilizes the indication to determine how many frames of the uplink signals to aggregate in the aggregate uplink signal. For example, for non-real-time
  • the receiver 181 receives an aggregate downlink signal that includes downlink data from the base station 16.
  • the decoder 182 decodes the aggregate downlink signal to obtain the downlink data, which may be stored in the medium 183 or another machine- readable storage medium in the relay node 18.
  • the encoder 184 (or another encoder in the relay node 18) encodes multiple downlink signals each including downlink data.
  • the transmitter 185 (or another transmitter in the relay node 18) transmits the multiple downlink signals to the terminals 14a and 14b.
  • the downlink data in the aggregate downlink signal received from the base station 16 includes data corresponding to respective ones of the uplink signals.
  • the uplink signal from a terminal 14a or 14b is a request for data to the base station 16
  • the downlink data in the aggregate downlink signal includes a response to the request for data in the uplink signal.
  • the aggregate downlink signal is decoded to obtain the downlink data, which is, in turn, encoded into the multiple downlink signals.
  • Each of the downlink signals includes a portion of the aggregate downlink signal.
  • the downlink signal includes a response to the request for data in the corresponding uplink signal.
  • the relay node 18 includes an uplink/downlink database 1831 stored in the medium 183.
  • the uplink/downlink database 1831 keeps track of uplink signals and their corresponding uplink data and correlates the uplink data with downlink data obtained from aggregate downlink signals.
  • two uplink signals, one from a terminal Ta and another from a terminal Tb include uplink data TaULl and TbULl, respectively.
  • the uplink data is encoded into an aggregate uplink signal R aUL 1 , which is transmitted to the base station 16.
  • the relay node 18 receives an aggregate downlink signal RNaDLl , which includes downlink data corresponding to the uplink signals TaULl and TbULl .
  • the uplink/downlink database 1831 correlates corresponding portions of the downlink data to the uplink signals TaULl and TbULl .
  • the signals TaDL 1 and TbDL 1 are encoded including downlink data that corresponds to the uplink data TaULl and TbULl , respectively.
  • Downlink signals are encoded and, based on the database information, the corresponding one of the uplink signals is transmitted to the corresponding terminal Ta or Tb.
  • the receiving, decoding, encoding, and transmitting associated with the relay node 18 has been described herein as taking place in sequential order, in practice, these processes are not necessarily sequential and moreover the relay node 18 and particularly the medium 183 may act as a buffer to store data until it is time to combine or separate the data obtained from multiple transmission from the terminals 14a-b or from aggregated transmissions from the base station 16, respectively.
  • Figures 4-6 show flowcharts that illustrate logical operations to implement exemplary methods for dynamic adaptation of one or more communication parameters for communication between a base station and a terminal in a wireless telecommunications network.
  • the exemplary methods may be carried out by executing embodiments of the base stations, terminals, mobile telephones, flash devices or machine-readable storage media disclosed herein, for example.
  • the flowcharts of Figures 4-6 may be thought of as depicting steps of a method carried out in the above-disclosed systems or devices by operation of hardware, software, or combinations thereof.
  • Figures 4-6 show a specific order of executing functional logic blocks, the order of executing the blocks may be changed relative to the order shown. Also, two or more blocks shown in succession may be executed concurrently or with partial concurrence. Certain blocks also may be omitted.
  • logical flow of a method 40 for a relay node to aggregate data transfers from terminals to a base station in a wireless telecommunications network includes, at 41 , receiving uplink signals from multiple terminals.
  • the uplink signals include uplink data.
  • the method 40 further includes, aggregating uplink data corresponding to the uplink signal from one terminal with uplink data from other uplink signals received from other terminals.
  • the method 40 includes transmitting the aggregate uplink signal.
  • the method 40 includes receiving an aggregate downlink signal (i.e., a response signal) from the base station.
  • the method 40 includes extracting downlink data from the aggregate downlink signal, and, at 47, transmitting downlink signals to the corresponding terminals incorporating respective downlink data corresponding to the uplink data that the terminal transmitted.
  • logical flow of a method 50 for a relay node to aggregate data transfers from terminals to a base station in a wireless telecommunications network includes, at 51, receiving transmissions of uplink signals from multiple terminals.
  • the uplink signals include uplink data.
  • the method 50 further includes, based on indications received from the terminals determine whether the respective uplink signals correspond to real-time transmissions. If a respective uplink signal corresponds to a real-time transmission, at 53, forward the uplink signal to the base station as is in order to minimize the relay node forwarding delay.
  • the method 50 includes, transmitting the aggregate uplink signal.
  • the method 50 includes receiving an aggregate downlink signal (i.e., a response signal) from the base station.
  • the method 50 includes extracting downlink data from the aggregate downlink signal, and, at 58, transmitting downlink signals to the corresponding terminals incorporating respective downlink data corresponding to the uplink data that the terminal transmitted.
  • the aggregating includes decoding the uplink signals from the terminals to obtain the uplink data, storing the uplink data, and encoding an aggregate uplink signal including the stored uplink data obtained from multiple uplink signals.
  • the extracting the downlink data from the aggregate downlink signal includes decoding the aggregate downlink signal to obtain the downlink data and storing the downlink data.
  • the transmitting downlink signals to the corresponding terminals includes encoding the downlink signals to include respective portions of the downlink data decoded from the aggregate downlink signal and corresponding to respective ones of the uplink signals, and transmitting the downlink signals to the terminals.
  • logical flow of a method 60 for aggregation of data transfers from terminals to a base station in a wireless telecommunications network includes, at 61, transmitting an uplink signal.
  • the uplink signal includes uplink data.
  • the method 60 further includes, transmitting an indication regarding whether the uplink signal corresponds to a real-time transmission.
  • the indication is configured for a relay node to determine based on the indication whether the uplink data is to be included in an aggregate uplink signal to be transmitted to a base station, the aggregate uplink signal including the uplink data and additional uplink data obtained from additional uplink signals transmitted by devices other than the terminal.
  • the method 60 includes, receiving from the relay node a downlink signal corresponding to the uplink signal.
  • FIG. 7 illustrates a detailed block diagram of an exemplary terminal, which in the illustrated embodiment is represented by the mobile phone 100.
  • the phone 100 includes a control circuit 632 that is responsible for overall operation of the phone 100.
  • the control circuit 632 includes the terminal controller 246 that executes various applications, including applications related to or that form part of the phone 100 functioning as a terminal.
  • functionality of the phone 100 acting as the terminal described above in reference to Figures 1-6 are embodied in the form of executable logic (e.g., lines of code, software, or a program) that is stored in the non-transitory computer readable medium 244 (e.g., a memory, a hard drive, etc.) of the phone 100 and is executed by the control circuit 632.
  • executable logic e.g., lines of code, software, or a program
  • the non-transitory computer readable medium 244 e.g., a memory, a hard drive, etc.
  • the described operations may be thought of as a method that is carried out by the phone 100. Variations to the illustrated and described techniques are possible and, therefore, the disclosed embodiments should not be considered the only manner of carrying out phone 100 functions.
  • the phone 100 further includes the GUI 1 10, which may be coupled to the control circuit 632 by a video circuit 626 that converts video data to a video signal used to drive the GUI 1 10.
  • the video circuit 626 may include any appropriate buffers, decoders, video data processors and so forth.
  • the phone 100 further includes communications circuitry that enables the phone 100 to establish communication connections such as a telephone call.
  • the communications circuitry includes a radio circuit 616.
  • the radio circuit 616 includes one or more radio frequency transceivers including the receiver 242, the transmitter 243 and an antenna assembly (or assemblies). Since the phone 100 is capable of communicating using more than one standard, the radio circuit 616 including the receiver 242 and the transmitter 243 represents each radio transceiver and antenna needed for the various supported connection types.
  • the radio circuit 616 including the receiver 242 and the transmitter 243 further represents any radio transceivers and antennas used for local wireless communications directly with an electronic device, such as over a Bluetooth interface.
  • the transmitter 243 transmits uplink signals that include uplink data.
  • the receiver 242 receives from the relay node a downlink signal corresponding to the transmitted uplink signal.
  • the transmitter 243 (or another transmitter in the phone 100) also transmits an indication, as described above, regarding whether the uplink signal corresponds to a real-time transmission.
  • the indication is included in the uplink signal.
  • the indication is included in an indication signal separate from the uplink signal and transmitted via a physical channel (e.g., Physical Random Access Channel (PRACH), Physical Uplink Shared Channel (PUSCH), Physical Uplink Control Channel (PUCCH), etc.)
  • PRACH Physical Random Access Channel
  • PUSCH Physical Uplink Shared Channel
  • PUCCH Physical Uplink Control Channel
  • the phone 100 includes the primary control circuit 632 that is configured to carry out overall control of the functions and operations of the phone 100.
  • the terminal controller 246 of the control circuit 632 may be a central processing unit (CPU), microcontroller or microprocessor.
  • the terminal controller 246 executes code stored in a memory (not shown) within the control circuit 632 and/or in a separate memory, such as the machine-readable storage medium 244, in order to carry out operation of the phone 100.
  • the machine-readable storage medium 244 may be, for example, one or more of a buffer, a flash memory, a hard drive, a removable media, a volatile memory, a non-volatile memory, a random access memory (RAM), or other suitable device.
  • the machine-readable storage medium 244 includes a non-volatile memory for long term data storage and a volatile memory that functions as system memory for the control circuit 632.
  • the machine- readable storage medium 244 may exchange data with the control circuit 632 over a data bus.
  • Accompanying control lines and an address bus between the machine- readable storage medium 244 and the control circuit 632 also may be present.
  • the machine-readable storage medium 244 is considered a non-transitory computer readable medium. In one embodiment, data regarding the indication is stored in the machine-readable storage medium 244.
  • the phone 100 may further include a sound circuit 621 for processing audio signals. Coupled to the sound circuit 621 are a speaker 622 and a microphone 624 that enable a user to listen and speak via the phone 100, and hear sounds generated in connection with other functions of the device 100.
  • the sound circuit 621 may include any appropriate buffers, encoders, decoders, amplifiers and so forth.
  • the phone 100 may further include a keypad 120 that provides for a variety of user input operations as described above in reference to Figure 1.
  • the phone 100 may further include one or more input/output (I/O) interface(s) 628.
  • the I/O interface(s) 628 may be in the form of typical electronic device I/O interfaces and may include one or more electrical connectors for operatively connecting the phone 100 to another device (e.g., a computer) or an accessory (e.g., a personal handsfree (PHF) device) via a cable.
  • operating power may be received over the I/O interface(s) 628 and power to charge a battery of a power supply unit (PSU) 631 within the phone 100 may be received over the I/O interface(s) 628.
  • the PSU 631 may supply power to operate the phone 100 in the absence of an external power source.
  • the phone 100 also may include various other components.
  • the imaging element 102 may be present for taking digital pictures and/or movies.
  • Image and/or video files corresponding to the pictures and/or movies may be stored in the machine-readable storage medium 244.
  • a position data receiver 634 such as a global positioning system (GPS) receiver, may be present to assist in determining the location of the phone 100.
  • GPS global positioning system

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La présente invention concerne un nœud relais destiné à agréger des transferts de données dans un réseau de télécommunication sans fil, comprenant un récepteur configuré pour recevoir des signaux de liaison montante en provenance de multiples terminaux, chaque signal de liaison montante comprenant des données de liaison montante respectives, un décodeur fonctionnellement connecté au récepteur et configuré pour décoder les signaux de liaison montante afin d'obtenir les données de liaison montante, un support de stockage lisible par machine fonctionnellement connecté au décodeur et configuré pour stocker les données de liaison montante, un codeur fonctionnellement connecté au support lisible par machine et configuré pour coder un signal de liaison montante agrégé comprenant les données de liaison montante obtenues à partir des signaux de liaison montante, et un émetteur configuré pour émettre vers la station de base une émission de liaison montante du signal de liaison montante agrégé.
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